[INTRO — 110 BPM slow sway Low trombone moan like a root waking A heavy, muffled heartbeat kick drum Soft spore-sizzle / warm analog static] [VERSE 1 — the approach] She comes through the dark like a slow exhale Warm moss fingers follow your trail Pins prickling under your skin— She knows the buzz you keep tucked in. her weight is a blanket of dirt, Whispering, “Rest now. Give me your hurt.” [PRE-CHORUS — the unspooling] No need to speak No need to explain Let the soil reclaim The gift of your refrain [CHORUS — the lullaby] Spore Mother holds you before you learned to hide Spore Mother rocks you Like the underground tide I knew your name before your fear Before they taught you not to hear Nothing wasted, nothing’s wrong The root remembers your song [VERSE 2 — tactile decay as rest] Warmth like a rotting log Breath like a midnight fog Gathering thoughts like fallen leaves She says, “Give me what stops your breath .” Press your cheek to her mossy chest— Put to bed the endless tests. [PRE-CHORUS — deeper sway] No need to speak No need to explain Let the soil reclaim The gift of your refrain [CHORUS — the lullaby] Spore Mother holds you before you learned to hide Spore Mother rocks you Like an underground tide I knew your name before your fear Before they taught you not to hear Nothing wasted, nothing’s wrong The root remembers your song [BRIDGE — Ancestral Reclaiming / Call & Response] (Lead — smoky contralto): They called you too much. (Choir — layered gospel harmonies): We gave you energy. (Lead): They asked you to shrink. (Choir): We asked you to spread... wild light. (Lead): They feared your hunger. (Choir): We gave you teeth (Lead): What comes from ruins? (Choir): Everything. Everything Everything Everything Everything (Trombone: slow, bending seismic swell / deep sub bass drop) [OUTRO — the root remembers] (Whispered, layered contralto, fading into soil) (Call) I knew your name before your fear (Response) Everyname (Call) Before they taught you not to hear (Response) Everyone (Call) Nothing wasted, nothing’s wrong (Response) Everything (Call) The root remembers your song (Choir) Everyone Everything Everyone Everything (Heartbeat slows and stops — single low brass breath out)
